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Tue, 25 Sep 2018 07:22:10 +0000en-UShourly1What Electroneum and this new token are doing to ICO markethttp://www.newspakistan.pk/2018/09/25/electroneum/
http://www.newspakistan.pk/2018/09/25/electroneum/#respondTue, 25 Sep 2018 05:43:20 +0000http://www.newspakistan.pk/?p=56202Without mass adoption crypto will not get to mainstream and companies, which are there to bring new people to the crypto and ICO arena, are the ones worth their weight in gold. One such a company was Electroneum, which promised to bring it’s ETN coin to the masses through well hyped marketing outreach and focusing

]]>Without mass adoption crypto will not get to mainstream and companies, which are there to bring new people to the crypto and ICO arena, are the ones worth their weight in gold.

One such a company was Electroneum, which promised to bring it’s ETN coin to the masses through well hyped marketing outreach and focusing on mining via smartphones. The buyers who bought ETN saw both end of the spectrum, those who bought early won and those who bought when it was 18 cents saw their earnings almost wiped out completely. They made lot of noise but were slow on getting issues sorted fast enough. Marketing hype is one thing but if you don’t have proper strategy to deliver on promises, it won’t be long before even your most loyal users leave you in the dust.

Some members think Electroneum is highly undervalued at current prices but it is what it is. One of the main issues is the fact that they are one of the only coins with the kind of user-base they have, which is finding it extremely hard to get listed on the major exchanges.

The newly launched beta-version of the Electroneum mobile payment app contributed to around 31% increase in price but nowhere close to what the current holders need to even make their money back.

They still deserve a serious pat on the back for bringing lots of new users to ICO world. Anyone who can bring new users to the industry deserve a badge of honer. One such a ICO is Kidbizo.io. They are creating a platform to create young bosses. They plan to teach entrepreneurship to kids as young as six years old.

The concept of teaching kids about “creation” is nothing new and experts who believe schooling system was built to produce workers rather than bosses, have been campaigning about it for years.

“Not all children are going to be an entrepreneur but it is not even a question, that every kid can sure benefit from learning the creation skill-set. Entrepreneurship encompasses a lifestyle and active thinking, not just business. When you learn to see opportunities and have the knowledge and the mindset to take advantage of them, the application of it can be beneficial at school, at home and in business”. says, Rocky Mirza the co-founder of of Kidbizo.

It’s logical, children who start to learn any skill early; will have advantage over others, who waited until later. The real story here is how the ICO is taking place, which is very interesting.

They allow you to grab $5,000 worth of tokens without paying anything. How, because they are creating the worlds first Initial Coin Options rather than initial coin options.

Kidbizo.io is doing an ICO in a totally different way. In a traditional ICO, if you purchase $10,000 worth of tokens at a private sale, you would actually have to pay for them up front. You will wait until all phases of ICO are complete and the tokens have been listed on the exchanges before you can sell them. When the tokens have been listed and the price moves down, you will lose money – but if the price moves up you will make money.

The difference between traditional ICO and KidBizo ICO from their site:

1. You grab the options without parting with your money.
2. You wait until our tokens get listed on the exchanges
3. You still don’t part with the money until price at least doubles in value. When it does at least double in value, you pay for your options. You are not blocking your money while the ICO is running for few months and you are protecting your downside by 100%.”

They do have a real chance of bringing new people into the ICO industry since those grabbing the initial $5,000 worth of token options have nothing to lose. An international reach is of course critical for ICOs, and new entrants like Electroneum and Kidbizo who actually bring new participants to increase the size of the industry deserve the support.

]]>http://www.newspakistan.pk/2018/09/25/electroneum/feed/0Sara Ali Khan the next divahttp://www.newspakistan.pk/2018/09/24/sara-ali-khan-next-bollywood-diva/
http://www.newspakistan.pk/2018/09/24/sara-ali-khan-next-bollywood-diva/#respondMon, 24 Sep 2018 11:33:00 +0000http://www.newspakistan.pk/?p=56200Sara Ali Khan the next Bollywood diva When you have two back to back films and growing number of fans, having time for yourself is a luxury. Sara Ali Khan is definitely a fresh face to look forward to who is in two major films, ‘Kedarnath’ and ‘Simmba’. For those of you who don’t know

When you have two back to back films and growing number of fans, having time for yourself is a luxury. Sara Ali Khan is definitely a fresh face to look forward to who is in two major films, ‘Kedarnath’ and ‘Simmba’. For those of you who don’t know her, she is the daughter of Saif Ali Khan. Even before her debut, Saif Ali Khan’s daughter Sara has become an internet sensation. The debutante was recently spotted in Delhi.

The` Simmba` actress uploaded a series of stories documenting her day in Delhi, covering everything from a fair at India Gate to a quick shopping stop at Janakpuri’s Dilli Haat, where she can be seen dressed in a beautiful white ethnic attire and trying a pair of bright yellow Punjabi jootis.

On the work front, the 24-year-old is busy prepping for Abhishek Kapoor’s ‘Kedarnath’ opposite Sushant Singh Rajput. Based on the floods in Uttarakhand, the film is scheduled to release on November 30th.

She will also be seen in Rohit Shetty’s ‘Simmba’ alongside Ranveer Singh. The film is a remake of 2015 Telugu blockbuster ‘Temper’ and will hit the big screens on December 28 this year.

]]>http://www.newspakistan.pk/2018/09/24/sara-ali-khan-next-bollywood-diva/feed/0Careem releases statement admitting to massive data leakhttp://www.newspakistan.pk/2018/04/23/careem-releases-statement-admitting-massive-data-leak/
http://www.newspakistan.pk/2018/04/23/careem-releases-statement-admitting-massive-data-leak/#respondMon, 23 Apr 2018 13:55:36 +0000http://www.newspakistan.pk/?p=56195It appears that cyber-attacks are getting more prevalent with every passing day and the latest victim of these attacks is the ride-hailing service, Careem. Careem released a statement today, admitting to the fact that the company suffered a massive data leak after a cyber-incident in January earlier this year. The statement elaborated that in the

]]>It appears that cyber-attacks are getting more prevalent with every passing day and the latest victim of these attacks is the ride-hailing service, Careem.

Careem released a statement today, admitting to the fact that the company suffered a massive data leak after a cyber-incident in January earlier this year. The statement elaborated that in the data leak, customers’ information including their names, email addresses, phone numbers and trip data were compromised.

The ride-hailing service giant claimed however, that customers’ credit card information and their passwords were not affected during the attack.

“There is no evidence that your password or credit card number have been compromised. Customers’ credit card information is kept on an external third-party PCP-compliant server. A PCP server uses highly secure protocols and is employed by international banks around the globe to protect financial information,” according to a statement.

It was not revealed whether the information of Pakistani customer base was also hacked, but it appears that users from all around the world were affected by the breach.

While speaking to a local newspaper, a Careem spokesperson stated that “at the time of the attack on January 14, Careem had 14 million customers worldwide and 558,000 captains on its platform. Those who have signed up since then are not affected by the breach.”

When asked why Careem took so long to reveal this news to its customers, the spokesperson said that “Cybercrime investigations are immensely complicated and take time. We wanted to make sure we had the most accurate information before notifying people.”

]]>http://www.newspakistan.pk/2018/04/23/careem-releases-statement-admitting-massive-data-leak/feed/0Sania Mirza, Shoaib Malik share first pregnancy news with fanshttp://www.newspakistan.pk/2018/04/23/sania-mirza-shoaib-malik-share-first-pregnancy-news-fans/
http://www.newspakistan.pk/2018/04/23/sania-mirza-shoaib-malik-share-first-pregnancy-news-fans/#respondMon, 23 Apr 2018 13:38:30 +0000http://www.newspakistan.pk/?p=56193Sania Mirza and Shoaib Malik shared the news of their first pregnancy in an adorable Twitter post which is making rounds on the internet. The sports power couple shared this very important news with their fans through social media and since then people have been sending their congratulatory messages. The pair took to their Twitter

]]>Sania Mirza and Shoaib Malik shared the news of their first pregnancy in an adorable Twitter post which is making rounds on the internet.

The sports power couple shared this very important news with their fans through social media and since then people have been sending their congratulatory messages. The pair took to their Twitter accounts and posted an illustration of a locker room, stating their surnames.

Earlier, Sania stated that she would want a daughter whenever she decides to start a family. She then said she would want her child’s surname to be ‘Mirza Malik’.

“Today I will tell you a secret. My husband and I have spoken about it and we have decided that whenever we a child, the child will have Mirza Malik as a surname,” explained the tennis star during a panel discussion on ‘gender bias’ at the Goa Fest 2018. “So that’s where we stand as a family including my husband. He actually wants a daughter.”

Other details of the pregnancy like the gender of the child and how far along the tennis player actually is in her pregnancy, were not revealed.

It appears that the stork is visiting a lot of parents these days as earlier this week, Shahid Kapoor and Mira Rajput also announced their second pregnancy news through a cute Instagram post.

The couple shared a picture of their first-born daughter Misha lying beside a drawing of balloons with ‘Big Sister’ written along with it.

]]>http://www.newspakistan.pk/2018/04/23/sania-mirza-shoaib-malik-share-first-pregnancy-news-fans/feed/0Russian schoolboy sets teacher on fire, injures fellow class fellows before trying to take his own lifehttp://www.newspakistan.pk/2018/04/19/russian-schoolboy-sets-teacher-fire-injures-fellow-class-fellows-trying-take-life/
http://www.newspakistan.pk/2018/04/19/russian-schoolboy-sets-teacher-fire-injures-fellow-class-fellows-trying-take-life/#respondThu, 19 Apr 2018 13:36:07 +0000http://www.newspakistan.pk/?p=56191A 17-year-old school boy from Russia went to the extreme measure of stabbing his teacher, setting her on fire and injuring other kids from the class just to show his hatred for the world. The teenage boy, identified as Artyom Tagirov, stabbed his computer science teacher named Ekaterina Pershina, 29, and set her alight after

]]>A 17-year-old school boy from Russia went to the extreme measure of stabbing his teacher, setting her on fire and injuring other kids from the class just to show his hatred for the world.

The teenage boy, identified as Artyom Tagirov, stabbed his computer science teacher named Ekaterina Pershina, 29, and set her alight after pouring flammable liquid on her at School Number One in Sterlitmak. He then started to target his classmates and managed to stab two other girls, before slitting his own throat.

Security officials then stopped the killing spree and all the wounded were rushed to the hospital.

The teacher and two of the boy’s classmates are suffering from extensive injuries and received life-saving treatment as all four including the boy are said to be in ‘grave condition’.

According to local health ministry official Svetlana Kuskarbekova: “Four injured people were taken to a hospital in the city of Sterlitamak, three of them children. They are in grave condition. Updates on the injuries will be provided.”

According to local media, the alleged attacker’s social media was said to be awash with hate-filled posts and violent images. Tagirov was apparently inspired by the 1999 Columbine shooting in a US high school which left 15 people dead.

In July, he posted an images of the school and warned his anonymous female friend: “If this happens, I want to apologize to you all, though you will not hear me. But anyway I’m sorry. I do not lie. I’m going to kill at least 30. And I’m going to blow up the school. This is my last summer.

“I will celebrate my last birthday, on April 15 I will be 17. I have prepared, looking forward this day.”

Apparently Tagirov is suffering from a mental disorder and he had been dealing with negative feelings for a while.

‘I have a personality disorder, but my parents want to sort it out. If this happens – watch the news, if you still watch the TV. I’m serious. Murder is cool,” he added.

‘My mind is broken. My parents do not care. I was bullied at school for two years. My hatred will not just calm down. I’m sick. But no-one wants to help me.”

“There was a cry for help, but all just turned away. I just do not like this life. I’m not talented. I cannot do anything, just kill. There is so much hatred in me, that I cannot stop. I’m obsessed with it.”

]]>http://www.newspakistan.pk/2018/04/19/russian-schoolboy-sets-teacher-fire-injures-fellow-class-fellows-trying-take-life/feed/0Meesha Shafi accuses Ali Zafar of sexually harassing herhttp://www.newspakistan.pk/2018/04/19/meesha-shafi-accuses-ali-zafar-sexually-harassing/
http://www.newspakistan.pk/2018/04/19/meesha-shafi-accuses-ali-zafar-sexually-harassing/#respondThu, 19 Apr 2018 13:11:06 +0000http://www.newspakistan.pk/?p=56189In a shocking new Twitter post, famous Pakistani singer Meesha Shafi opened up about how her fellow singer, Ali Zafar sexually harassed her more than once. These allegations have already spurred up a Twitter storm, with many users applauding Meesha for coming forward with such a sensitive topic. There are others who are actually questioning

]]>In a shocking new Twitter post, famous Pakistani singer Meesha Shafi opened up about how her fellow singer, Ali Zafar sexually harassed her more than once.

These allegations have already spurred up a Twitter storm, with many users applauding Meesha for coming forward with such a sensitive topic. There are others who are actually questioning her intentions and are waiting for Ali Zafar to say something in his defense.

Taking to Twitter, Meesha said that she has come clean about this incident because “my conscience does not allow me to be silent anymore.

Meesha continued in the post; “If this can happen to someone like me, an established artist, then it can happen to any young woman hoping to break into the industry and that concerns me gravely.”

She added, “I have been subjected, on more than one occasion, to sexual harassment of a physical nature at the hands of a colleague from my industry: Ali Zafar. These incidences did not happen when I was young, or just entering the industry. This happened to me despite the fact that I am an empowered, accomplished woman who is known for speaking her mind! This happened to me as a mother of two children.”

Shafi who has featured prominently in Coke Studio further said, “It has been an extremely traumatic experience for me and my family. Ali is someone I have known for many years and someone who I have shared the stage with. I feel betrayed by his behaviour and his attitude and I know that I am not alone.”

“Today I am breaking this culture of silence and I hope that by doing that I am setting an example for young women in my country to do the same. We only have our voices and the time has come to use them.”

Meanwhile Ali Zafar has still not said anything in his defense. A number of reporters have tried to contact his rep for a comment, but so far there has been no response.

]]>http://www.newspakistan.pk/2018/04/19/meesha-shafi-accuses-ali-zafar-sexually-harassing/feed/0Nisar, Shehbaz meet in Lahore to address concernshttp://www.newspakistan.pk/2018/04/02/nisar-shehbaz-meet-lahore-address-concerns/
http://www.newspakistan.pk/2018/04/02/nisar-shehbaz-meet-lahore-address-concerns/#respondMon, 02 Apr 2018 11:47:36 +0000http://www.newspakistan.pk/?p=56186The former Interior Minister Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan met with Chief Minister (CM) of Punjab, Shehbaz Sharif in Model Town on Lahore today. The meeting was held to address the concerns which the former interior minister is having regarding the party’s leadership and direction. It was learnt that Nisar shared

The meeting was held to address the concerns which the former interior minister is having regarding the party’s leadership and direction. It was learnt that Nisar shared all his reservations with Shehbaz and the two also discussed the current political scenario and domestic issues being faced by the country.

Nisar has been disillusioned with his party’s leadership and has aired his grievances several times on television. Sources reveal that during the meeting, Shehbaz guaranteed to address Nisar’s concerns regarding the party.

In a recent interview, Nisar made it clear that he wants to continue working for PML-N, as long as the party is not made a housemaid.

In an interview with a local newspaper on Saturday, Nisar expressed the fear that Shehbaz would not be given space and mandate to work.

“Misunderstandings were being spread about the stay of Shehbaz Sharif in London. If he is given the mandate to truly work as the president of the party, there may be many improvements,” he was quoted as saying in the interview.

Meanwhile sources from the Sharif camp also agree with Nisar’s view that the ousted prime minister, Muhammad Nawaz Sharif’s narrative will ultimately prevail in the party and that Shehbaz Sharif will merely be handling the routine affairs.

]]>http://www.newspakistan.pk/2018/04/02/nisar-shehbaz-meet-lahore-address-concerns/feed/0Islamabad International Airport finally set to open its doors on April 20http://www.newspakistan.pk/2018/04/02/islamabad-international-airport-finally-set-open-doors-april-20/
http://www.newspakistan.pk/2018/04/02/islamabad-international-airport-finally-set-open-doors-april-20/#respondMon, 02 Apr 2018 11:22:08 +0000http://www.newspakistan.pk/?p=56183After a rather long delay, the newly built Islamabad International Airport is all set to open its doors to the public on April 20, according to the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). The last inauguration date for the airport was scheduled for August 14, 2017, but project delays and myriad irregularities pushed this date further. This

]]>After a rather long delay, the newly built Islamabad International Airport is all set to open its doors to the public on April 20, according to the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).

The last inauguration date for the airport was scheduled for August 14, 2017, but project delays and myriad irregularities pushed this date further. This time around the CAA is serious about the new inauguration date and has urged all stakeholders to make necessary arrangements to ensure smooth transfer of all activities from the present airport, Benazir Bhutto International Airport (BBIAP) to the new one, before April 20.

Once the airport inauguration date was missed for the second time last year, authorities became concerned and the auditor general’s report for 2016-17 showed massive irregularities in the construction of the new airport. Most of these arose from awarding work to ineligible contractors in violation of rules causing losses running into billions of rupees to the national exchequer.

The Auditor General of Pakistan also identified violation of the Planning Commission’s project management guidelines, including rules of Public Procurement Regulations Authority in several projects. The report was recently tabled in parliament.

Tendering for ‘aircraft stand equipment’ was unjustifiably delayed, resulting in payment of higher rates because of limited competition and fluctuations in foreign currency rate. Work on this project was awarded at Rs5.99 billion or 25.3 per cent higher than the engineer’s provisional estimate of Rs4.7 billion.

“Audit maintains that unjustified delay in tendering process caused award of work at higher rates without revision of the initial Project Cycle (PC) I which was due to weak internal controls.”

The new airport boasts modern equipment and state-of-the art facilities to make the passengers experience pleasant while at the airport.

]]>http://www.newspakistan.pk/2018/04/02/islamabad-international-airport-finally-set-open-doors-april-20/feed/0Rani Mukherjee opens up about work after marriage, kidshttp://www.newspakistan.pk/2018/03/30/rani-mukherjee-opens-work-marriage-kids/
http://www.newspakistan.pk/2018/03/30/rani-mukherjee-opens-work-marriage-kids/#respondFri, 30 Mar 2018 11:46:08 +0000http://www.newspakistan.pk/?p=56181Actor Rani Mukherjee is a renowned name in the film industry. However, we had stopped seeing her after she got married and later had a child. The reason for this hiatus has somewhat come to light in a recent interview which she gave following her film Hicki’s success. The 40-year-old actress opened up about the

]]>Actor Rani Mukherjee is a renowned name in the film industry. However, we had stopped seeing her after she got married and later had a child. The reason for this hiatus has somewhat come to light in a recent interview which she gave following her film Hicki’s success.

The 40-year-old actress opened up about the discrimination that married actresses face in Bollywood and how she hopes that her latest movie will change that prejudice.

Mukherjee said that despite being married and having a child, nothing has changed about her and it is just the perception of the people that has changed. She revealed that once an actress is married or has had children, she is considered ‘dead’ to the industry.

“There are basic prejudices that come with married actresses and those who are mothers. How we are a dead commodity. We don’t sell and that no one wants to see us,” she said.

“Actors don’t get this. They have a successful career and parallelly lead their normal lives. Only actresses are made to choose marriage late in their lives because they feel our commodity dies once we are married”.

For her, when speaking of her film’s success it’s the audience who matter. “The opinion of the audience matters. It’s never the actor. It’s the audience because as an actor I will always give my 100 per cent like I gave before I became a mother,” she said.

Rani Mukherjee’s new movie, Hichki, is about a teacher who has Tourette’s syndrome, but she doesn’t let that get in the way of success.

]]>http://www.newspakistan.pk/2018/03/30/rani-mukherjee-opens-work-marriage-kids/feed/0Pope Frances washes and kisses feet of 12 prisonershttp://www.newspakistan.pk/2018/03/30/pope-frances-washes-kisses-feet-12-prisoners/
http://www.newspakistan.pk/2018/03/30/pope-frances-washes-kisses-feet-12-prisoners/#respondFri, 30 Mar 2018 11:44:39 +0000http://www.newspakistan.pk/?p=56179As part of Holy Thursday ritual, Pope Frances washed and kissed the feet of 12 prison inmates at a facility in Rome. The inmates included two Muslims and a Buddhist and it marked a Christian ritual in which the most revered figure in the Christian community—the pope—shows humility by kissing the feet of other people.

]]>As part of Holy Thursday ritual, Pope Frances washed and kissed the feet of 12 prison inmates at a facility in Rome. The inmates included two Muslims and a Buddhist and it marked a Christian ritual in which the most revered figure in the Christian community—the pope—shows humility by kissing the feet of other people. The ritual recalls Jesus’ gesture of humility towards his 12 apostles on the night before he died.

This is the sixth time that the ritual was held in an institution rather than in the fineries of the Vatican or a Roman basilica. Even since the pope was appointed in this position, he has made it a point to hold the ritual in an institution and also include women and non-Christians in the ritual, for which he has also gotten criticized.

He visited Rome’s Regina Coeli (Queen of Heaven) jail in the center of city, to perform the rite. The 12 male inmates were from Italy, the Philippines, Morocco, Moldavia, Colombia and Sierra Leone. Eight were Catholic, two were Muslim, one was an Orthodox Christian and one a Buddhist.

During the visit, Pope Francis also gave a sermon around the theme of service, saying that many wars could have been avoided in history if the leaders had considered themselves servants of the people rather than commander.

He also asked for the punishment of death penalty to be abolished. “A punishment that is not open to hope is not Christian and not humane,” he said in response to closing comments by the prison director, a woman.

“Each punishment has to be open to the horizon of hope and so the death penalty is neither Christian nor humane,” he said.

Ever since Pope Frances was elected in 2013, he has repeatedly called for a worldwide ban on capital punishment. However, a lot of people, especially conservative Christians, oppose his liberal views.